Dec 5 Sunday

Catherine went back to school in afternoon after coming with me & David to Philip to see the heirlooms. I offered 25/-1 for a seed pearl headband to help the other pearls & diamonds to be set. The silver was vulgar, William IV florid.
Laura & Mary came back at 8 o'clock.
At 12.15 Mary had a talk with me, about being ordered about, but I gave her a plate of tongue & sent her to bed.

Editorial Notes

125 shillings eds.

Hands Referenced

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Mary Lucy

    Lucy, Mary
    Visited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note).

  • David

    Graves, David
    R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.

  • Catherine

    Nicholson, Catherine
    Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.

  • Philip

    Graves, Philip
    R.G.'s half brother. WG